Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1887-02-18

Teachers AssociatiOn.-The regula
meeting of the Association was held at tn,
school house in this town on last Friday
the 18th instant. There was quite full
attendance, and much interest was taken in
the proceedings.
A resolution changing the pay.hour from
IL o'clock to Immediately after adjourn.
ment was adopted.
The regular order was then taken up, viz
the question, "What is good order and how
shall we maintain it?"
Mr.. Green, of Clarksburg, opened the dis
cussion. He defined good order" to be that
condition Of things that best promotes the
ends sought to be attained Hence in school,
good order is that condition Of things that
best promotes intellectual and moral de-
velopment oil the pupils. He claimed, how
ever, that the creating of order under this
definition, or any other indeed) out of the
chaos, represented by the average country
school in winter, was a task, the accom-
plishment of which he despaired of. He
thought something might be done by teach
ers securing moral as well as physical
control of pupils
Mr.. Baggerly did not think that silence
and order were at all synonymous terms.
That he had never been in but one single
assembly for business where there was per-
feet silence, and that was the Supreme Court
of the United States. There the carpet was
half inch thick, the court officers, &c, wore
slippers and every continuance to deaden
sound that could be conceived oI was in
use, and though the silence was so painful
that he found welcome relief in the House of
Representatives. The judges on the bench
in their flowing silk robes were munching
cheese-just think what an offense it is for
school urchln To MUNICH apples or cakes
in time of books !" "And just think" said
Mr. Baggerly, "Ihose judges are each get
ting salary of ten thousand dollars Give
us teachers ten thousand year, and see if
we don't have silence tee, and not much
cheese in school either"
Mr.. Amss, speaking of the trouble occa-
stoned BY large boys who GENIE only in win
ter, said that in his school days one OF his
teachers was rather light weight, physically,
and that he Mr. A and his brother con
spred to render assistance Ia each other in
case the teacher endeavored to punish either
Of them, thinking that together they could
get away with him, but seeing the hand
some manner in Which their slight made
teacher polished ny a rutiianiy pupil twice
his size, it was thonght best 10 let the con
spiracy fall through. From which We may
infer that leariul knowledge oi teachers
science" may at times be proinotiye of good
order.
Secretary White, referring 10 trouble
caused by larger pupils, said that NJ
teacher can be required to keep in his
school an lncorrigloe pupil. Ii he refuses
to obey show him the door-suspend him
Ii your trustees reinstate him, suspend him
again, and il you are right, in spite oil trus-
tees, patrons, Ioalers around stores aAd
every one else, YOU will he sustained" AS
u little scholars, Mr.. w. said that after
hearing their lessons, If the weather per-
mitted, he sent them out to play, or sent
them home. Upon being reminded that
many parents would find fault If their chr
dren came home before school was out, 30
yea" said he, "such parents seem to think
our schools are nurseries,, they send their
little folks to school for NO other purpose
than to keep them out Of their way at home
and as To finding fault, do you expect to
please every oneS | wouldn't give a cent
for a teacher or any one else that some one
don't find fault with. Be sure you are right
then go ahead, no difference how many nd
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